Occurrence and genetic diversity of human cosavirus in influent and effluent of wastewater treatment plants in Arizona, United States

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Abstract

Human cosavirus (HCoSV) is a novel member of the family Picornaviridae. We investigated the prevalence and genetic diversity of HCoSV in influent and effluent wastewater in Arizona over a 12-month period, from August 2011 to July 2012. HCoSV sequences were identified in six (25 %) influent samples and one (4 %) effluent sample, with the highest concentration of 3.24 × 105 and 1.54 × 103 copies/liter in influent and effluent, respectively. The strains were characterized based on their 5’ untranslated region and classified into species A and D, demonstrating that genetically heterogeneous HCoSV were circulating with a clear temporal shift of predominant strains in the study area.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1775-1779
Number of pages5
JournalArchives of virology
Volume160
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 15 2015

Keywords

  • Cosavirus
  • Nested PCR
  • Phylogenetic analysis
  • Wastewater
  • qPCR

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Virology

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